June 1 (Reuters) - An Indonesian girl from Central Java has died of bird flu, a health ministry official said on Friday.

The girl, 15, from the Kendal area near the city of Semarang, died on Tuesday, Muhammad Nadirin of the ministry's bird flu centre said by telephone.

Of the 99 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 79 have been fatal. According to the WHO, which has not formally updated its data to include Friday's death in Indonesia, the virus has killed 187 people since 2003.

Hundreds of millions of birds have died or been culled.

Following is a list of confirmed human cases of H5N1. Total cases include survivors.

Deaths Total cases AZERBAIJAN 5 8 CAMBODIA 7 7 CHINA 15 25 DJIBOUTI 0 1 EGYPT 14 34 INDONESIA 78 98 IRAQ 2 3 LAOS 2 2 NIGERIA 1 1 THAILAND 17 25 TURKEY 4 12 VIETNAM 42 93 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 187 309 -------------------------------------------------

Initial tests usually take a day or two to confirm if someone has H5N1. More detailed testing by government laboratories or those affiliated with the WHO can take a week or more.

The H5N1 virus remains mainly a virus of birds, but experts fear it could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person and sweep the world, killing millions.

So far, most human cases can be traced to direct or indirect contact with infected birds.

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